William Matthew Flinders Petrie

Egyptologist and collector

English Egyptologist collector and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archeology and preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt,

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Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings.

Wiki - January 2014

Gender

Male

Relationship

Artist/maker, Associated Person, Previous owner

Nationality

British

Born

1853-06-03

Place of birth

Europe: Northern Europe: UK: England: Kent: Charlton

Died

1942-07-28

Place of death

Asia: Western Asia: Israel: Jerusalem

Cause of death

Unknown or unrecorded

112 item(s) from the Ancient Egypt collection related to William Matthew Flinders Petrie